Warren Foegele Points Props • Los Angeles
W. Foegele
left wing LW • Los Angeles
Washington
1st Metropolitan51-22-6-3
Los Angeles
2nd Pacific48-25-6-3
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Alex Ovechkin Points Props • Washington
A. Ovechkin
left wing LW • Washington
Tom Wilson Points Props • Washington
T. Wilson
right wing RW • Washington
Pierre-Luc Dubois Points Props • Washington
P. Dubois
left wing LW • Washington
Aliaksei Protas Points Props • Washington
A. Protas
center C • Washington
Drew Doughty Points Props • Los Angeles
D. Doughty
defense D • Los Angeles
Andrei Kuzmenko Points Props • Los Angeles
A. Kuzmenko
left wing LW • Los Angeles
Connor McMichael Points Props • Washington
C. McMichael
center C • Washington
Phillip Danault Points Props • Los Angeles
P. Danault
center C • Los Angeles
Quinton Byfield Points Props • Los Angeles
Q. Byfield
right wing RW • Los Angeles
Kevin Fiala Points Props • Los Angeles
K. Fiala
left wing LW • Los Angeles
Dylan Strome Points Props • Washington
D. Strome
center C • Washington
Jakob Chychrun Points Props • Washington
J. Chychrun
defense D • Washington
John Carlson Points Props • Washington
J. Carlson
defense D • Washington
Adrian Kempe Points Props • Los Angeles
A. Kempe
right wing RW • Los Angeles
Anze Kopitar Points Props • Los Angeles
A. Kopitar
center C • Los Angeles
Trevor Moore Points Props • Los Angeles
T. Moore
left wing LW • Los Angeles
Alex Laferriere Points Props • Los Angeles
A. Laferriere
right wing RW • Los Angeles
WAS vs LA Preview
Last Meeting ( Dec 22, 2024 ) Los Angeles 1, Washington 3
Pierre-Luc Dubois didn't last long with the Los Angeles Kings. Just one season into his eight-year contract, he was traded to the Washington Capitals last June for goalie Darcy Kuemper.
Dubois will make his first return to Los Angeles when the Eastern Conference-leading Capitals, who have won five in a row, visit the Kings on Thursday night.
Kings fans may not have lasting memories of Dubois' time in Los Angeles, but he hasn't looked back either, instead settling in nicely with one of the NHL's best teams.
Dubois had a goal and two assists in a 7-4 win against the Anaheim Ducks to open a three-game California swing on Tuesday. He has 17 goals and 40 assists on the season, well within reach of surpassing his career high point total of 63 set with the Winnipeg Jets in 2022-23.
"I'm liking the guys I'm playing with, that's for sure," Dubois said. "It's been fun to be on this team. (My teammates) have helped me a lot throughout the season. They keep helping me, so it just makes my life easier. I just have to do my job and they'll do theirs."
Dubois has also landed in the middle of a historic statistical pursuit.
Washington's Alex Ovechkin is nine goals from surpassing Wayne Gretzky's NHL-record total of 894. Ovechkin did not score against the Ducks, but he did contribute three assists.
"It's fun, it's exciting," Dubois said. "When he scores, 50 percent of the crowd gets up and celebrates, the other 50 percent has a smile on their face."
Ovechkin had a small window to shoot at an empty net in the final seconds against the Ducks, but he opted to pass to wide-open teammate Aliaksei Protas, who scored to complete his first NHL hat trick.
"With his unreal accomplishment coming up, and he makes that play, and how happy he is with me, it says everything about him as a teammate," Protas said of Ovechkin.
The Kings have won three straight to maintain third place in the Pacific Division.
Kuemper continues to do his part for Los Angeles. He stopped 33 of 34 shots in a 4-1 win against the visiting New York Islanders on Tuesday and has surrendered just four goals on 84 shots in his past three games.
"Darcy is obviously a massive piece of our team," forward Phillip Danault said. "If he plays like this every night, we have a chance to do something good."
Los Angeles coach Jim Hiller said goalie is "maybe not the most important player, it's the most important position because one guy doesn't play all the minutes. You need it on nights, particularly when you don't have your best as a group of forwards and defensemen, and that was (the case against the Islanders). We relied on him way too much, but he was there and he looked good doing it."
The Kings also will be focused on taking fewer trips to the penalty box against Washington.
Los Angeles was called for eight penalties against the Islanders, who went 0-for-8 on the power play.
"We've got to fix that," Danault said.
--Field Level Media
WAS vs LA Trends
Washington Trends
The Washington Capitals have covered the 3P Puck Line in 59 of their last 88 games (+26.66 Units / 22% ROI)
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The Washington Capitals have hit the 3P Moneyline in 47 of their last 88 games (+22.05 Units / 19% ROI)
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The Washington Capitals have hit the Moneyline in 53 of their last 88 games (+15.55 Units / 13% ROI)
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The Washington Capitals have covered the Puck Line in 50 of their last 88 games (+7.95 Units / 6% ROI)
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The Washington Capitals have hit the 3P Game Total Under in 37 of their last 88 games (+6.74 Units / 7% ROI)
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The Washington Capitals have only hit the 3P Game Total Over in 29 of their last 88 games (-15.76 Units / -14% ROI)
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The Washington Capitals have only hit the 1P Game Total Under in 37 of their last 88 games (-14.70 Units / -16% ROI)
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The Washington Capitals have only hit the Game Total Over in 37 of their last 88 games (-9.00 Units / -9% ROI)
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The Washington Capitals have only hit the 2P Game Total Over in 40 of their last 88 games (-7.85 Units / -7% ROI)
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The Washington Capitals have only covered the 1P Puck Line in 46 of their last 88 games (-5.10 Units / -4% ROI)
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Los Angeles Trends
The Los Angeles Kings have hit the Moneyline in 29 of their last 39 games at home (+13.45 Units / 20% ROI)
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The Los Angeles Kings have hit the Game Total Under in 46 of their last 86 games (+5.00 Units / 5% ROI)
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The Los Angeles Kings have hit the 2P Moneyline in 19 of their last 39 games at home (+4.65 Units / 8% ROI)
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The Los Angeles Kings have hit the 1P Moneyline in 15 of their last 39 games at home (+3.70 Units / 6% ROI)
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The Los Angeles Kings have covered the Puck Line in 20 of their last 39 games at home (+3.65 Units / 7% ROI)
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The Los Angeles Kings have only hit the 3P Moneyline in 30 of their last 86 games (-21.70 Units / -17% ROI)
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The Los Angeles Kings have only covered the 3P Puck Line in 38 of their last 86 games (-18.49 Units / -17% ROI)
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The Los Angeles Kings have only hit the Game Total Over in 37 of their last 86 games (-13.15 Units / -14% ROI)
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The Los Angeles Kings have only covered the 1P Puck Line in 41 of their last 86 games (-7.65 Units / -6% ROI)
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The Los Angeles Kings have only hit the 1P Game Total Over in 18 of their last 39 games at home (-7.15 Units / -15% ROI)
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